Those who make the rules…

...determine who is equal. Strange how similar discussions take place with very different people in far ranging venues. So women are finally allowed to be "equal" in the military and over on the NPPA facebook page there's a lengthy thread about equality. Some who think there never can really be equality and some who say …

Press Grip…

New toys are always fun...even more so when someone you know invented them AND you get to be one of the first to play with them. So what is this new toy? It is the Press Grip - the brainchild of KGO cameraman Dean Smith. He's a regular guy...and in and out of the many …

Danny Schueler…human packmule…

The neat thing about working in broadcast news is that often your competition becomes your friend. No - not the station. Your counterparts...those cameramen bearing other numbers on their mikes. Working in a bureau for a Sacramento station, I saw more of the other bureau cameramen and reporters than I did of my own workmates. …

Goodbye to news October 2002

I wrote this on the eve of my departure from television news... Goodbye to TV news…hello to education (October 2002) It is now official. After twenty-eight years on the front lines I’m retreating from daily news to a more reflective role as a high school teacher. The truth? After countless stories of personal tragedy and …